Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
China
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
China
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
سلام
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Not Available
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Turpan
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Hotan
Where They Speak
Afganistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
persan
ouïgour
German Name
Persisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Uyghur
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Persian
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
uigh1240
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Persian and Uyghur Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Uyghur language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Persian vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Uyghur Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.